sɨ́nwit

Definition:

Speaking, talking, word, words, language.

Examples:

  1. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n áwa áwtni sɨ́nwit tkʷatatmí ‘that which is the sacred language of the food’;
  2. iwɨ́npayišanam sɨ́nwit ‘it takes your words’ (said of tape recorder);
  3. čáwpam sɨ́nwitna áwɨnpta ‘you shouldn’t tape record’;
  4. naamí sɨ́nwit ‘our words, our language’;
  5. šuyápu sɨ́nwit ‘English’;
  6. sɨ́nwitna wɨnpłá ‘tape recorder’.

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[NP c̓íiqin /c̓íqn-t/.]